After the Party
New York ; London : Pegasus Books, 2019.
Format: Book
Edition: First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
Description: 261 pages ; 24 cm
A captivating novel of manners that tells the story of a dark and disturbing period of British history, by a master storyteller.
It is the summer of 1938 and Phyllis Forrester has returned to England after years abroad. Moving into her sister's grand country house, she soon finds herself entangled in a new world of idealistic beliefs and seemingly innocent friendships. Fevered talk of another war infiltrates their small, privileged circle, giving way to a thrilling solution: the appointment of a great and charismatic new leader who will restore England to its former glory.
At a party hosted by her new friends, Phyllis lets down her guard for a single moment, with devastating consequences. Years later, Phyllis, alone and embittered, recounts the dramatic events which led to her imprisonment and changed the course of her life forever.
Powerful, poignant, and exquisitely observed, After the Party is an illuminating portrait of a dark period of British history which has yet to be fully acknowledged.
It is the summer of 1938 and Phyllis Forrester has returned to England after years abroad. Moving into her sister's grand country house, she soon finds herself entangled in a new world of idealistic beliefs and seemingly innocent friendships. Fevered talk of another war infiltrates their small, privileged circle, giving way to a thrilling solution: the appointment of a great and charismatic new leader who will restore England to its former glory.
At a party hosted by her new friends, Phyllis lets down her guard for a single moment, with devastating consequences. Years later, Phyllis, alone and embittered, recounts the dramatic events which led to her imprisonment and changed the course of her life forever.
Powerful, poignant, and exquisitely observed, After the Party is an illuminating portrait of a dark period of British history which has yet to be fully acknowledged.
Subjects:
Life change events -- Fiction.
Women prisoners -- Fiction.
Sisters -- Fiction.
Great Britain -- History -- George VI, 1936-1952 -- Fiction.
Life change events -- Fiction.
Women prisoners -- Fiction.
Sisters -- Fiction.
Great Britain -- History -- George VI, 1936-1952 -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9781643131269
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
F Connolly | Main (Downtown) | Second Level, Fiction | In |
F Connolly | Main (Downtown) | Second Level, Fiction | In |